{"id":1755,"date":"2025-11-04T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:45:39","slug":"radnicki-kragujevac-coach-mladen-zizovic-dies-during-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/radnicki-kragujevac-coach-mladen-zizovic-dies-during-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Radnicki Kragujevac coach Mladen Zizovic dies during match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Radnicki Kragujevac head coach Mladen Zizovic, 44, died after suffering a cardiac arrest during his team\u2019s league match against Mladost Lucani on Monday. He passed away on the way to hospital despite efforts to resuscitate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbian football was left in shock on Monday following the sudden death of Zizovic, who collapsed roughly&nbsp;<strong>20 minutes into the game<\/strong>. Medical staff rushed to assist him on the sidelines after he suffered a cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match was suspended as Zizovic received treatment before being taken to hospital by ambulance. His condition worsened en route, and despite the paramedics\u2019 best efforts, the&nbsp;<strong>Bosnian-born coach<\/strong>&nbsp;could not be revived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zizovic had only been appointed&nbsp;<strong>on October 23<\/strong>, less than two weeks before his passing. News of his death led to the&nbsp;<strong>immediate abandonment<\/strong>&nbsp;of the match, with players and staff visibly distraught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement,&nbsp;<strong>Radnicki Kragujevac<\/strong>&nbsp;expressed their deep sorrow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Radnicki Kragujevac informs the public, with deep sadness and disbelief, that during today\u2019s match against Mladost Lucani, our coach Mladen Zizovic has passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man who left a lasting mark wherever he went \u2014 with his knowledge, calmness, and integrity. Radnicki Kragujevac extends its deepest condolences to his family, friends, and everyone who knew Mladen. His dedication to football, his passion for the game, and his human warmth will forever remain in our memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radnicki Kragujevac head coach Mladen Zizovic, 44, died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1757,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions\/1757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}